leave well enough alone

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /liːv wɛl ɪˈnʌf əˈləʊn/

Phrase

leave well enough alone

To leave something alone; to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate.
We should have left well enough alone when we had it working the first time.

Synonyms

Translations

to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate

Esperanto: plibono estas malamiko de bono
French: le mieux est l’ennemi du bien (fr)
German: das Bessere ist des Guten Feind
Japanese: 角を貯めて牛を殺す (tsuno o tamete ushi o korosu)

Latin: inimica bonorum optimum
Romani: o feder xatarel, peravel o śukar
Russian: лучшее — враг хорошего (ru) (lučšeje — vrag xoroševo)

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